Identifying problems and solutions is important in using critical thinking during effective reading.

Recognizing the pattern of problem and solution helps you understand how texts are organized and allows for better understanding and prediction making.

If you read a text with a clearly defined problem, you will then start thinking in terms of possible solutions, engaging you and allowing you to think about the different paths that might occur.

Also, reading a solution can help you understand the problem more clearly.

Watch the following clip.

Try to identify the main problem and ask yourself what some possible solutions might work.

What was the main problem presented in the commercial?

What were possible solutions that could have happened?

What solution happened in the commercial?

Why was it important to see this problem and solution presented?

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